Cedar Rapids: Ricky Alvarez homered and had four hits, and is now 6 for 8 in the past two games to lift his line to .291/.331/.418. Last year's sixth-round pick, Brian Diemer, went six innings, striking out four and walking two while allowing one run.

Inland Empire: Ryan Chaffee struck out six and walked nobody for one of his strongest starts of the year, but got no help from his team -- the 66ers were three-hit, and allowed two unearned runs to score on Chaffee's watch. Jean Segura was 0 for 3 but walked and stole two bases, his 17th and 18th of the year.

Arkansas: It's gotten to this point now for the Travs -- they had a makeup doubleheader scheduled, and that doubleheader got rained out. They won't even try to make it up, as the Travs have now had nine games postponed because of weather.

Salt Lake: Slumping Jeremy Moore was dropped to seventh in the batting order and had two hits, and Jason Bulger pitched a scoreless ninth to lower his ERA in Salt Lake to 1.69. (5 1/3 inning, 2 Ks, 3 BBs overall for Bulger.) Jeremy Berg walked one and allowed two runs in less than an inning, as his moderate struggles in Triple-A continue.

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